The ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) has created an online map tracking trial networks in kidney care research around the world. The aim is to facilitate clinical trial capacity and professional exchanges and collaboration by connecting people undertaking clinical trials and related studies in nephrology. The map allows researchers to quickly locate trial networks with the capacity...
"Availability and Prioritization of COVID-19 Vaccines Among Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease and Kidney Transplant - A Global Survey by the International Society of Nephrology" has been published in BMJ Open. Read the manuscript here. The paper is based on a survey initiated by a team of ISN members on the availability, preparation and prioritization of...
The manuscript “Challenges and Opportunities in Interventions for Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Origin (CKDu): Report from the International Society of Nephrology Consortium of Collaborators on CKDu” has been published in Kidney International. Read the manuscript here. The paper was drafted after a special ISN i3C Working Group meeting was held to discuss potential interventions in communities...
Defining Measures of Kidney Function In Observational Studies Using Routine Health Care Data: Methodological and Reporting Considerations This review illustrates the diversity of working definitions of kidney disease in scientific literature and discusses the advantages and limitations of the most commonly used approaches. The authors summarize ways to identify and overcome possible biases and propose a framework...
Watch the videos here. The videos are based on papers from Kidney International and Kidney International Reports: Incidence of New Onset Glomerulonephritis After SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination Is Not Increased Persistent Isolated C3 Hypocomplementemia as a Strong Predictor of End-stage Kidney Disease in Lupus Nephritis
The ISN Clinical Research Program (CRP) offers grants to researchers in low, lower-middle, and upper-middle-income countries to support research projects on detecting and managing noncommunicable chronic diseases such as CKD, AKI, hypertension, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. Apply to the program here. Regional coordinators must receive the application by April 1. Final applications are accepted once per...
Did you miss the live session? A recording is available here. Professor Meg Jardine, ISN-ACT (Advancing Clinical Trials) Committee chair, and speakers David Wheeler, Jonathan Barratt and Jodie Babitt joined in a lively discussion on this treatment option and on the management of anemia in CKD patients. This webinar is supported by Astellas.
Clockwise, from top left: Carinna Hockham, Anastasiia Zykova, Suman Behera and Mark Canney The ISN Executive Committee and Council have approved four “ISN-Named Fellows.” Please join us in congratulating Suman Behera from ISN I3C (CKDu), Mark Canney from ISN iNET-CKD (cohort studies), and Anastasiia Zykova and Carinna Hockham from ISN-ACT (clinical trials). Get to know our new ISN-Named Fellows here. These early-career ISN...
The sixth narrative-based chapter of the Clinical Trials (ISN-ACT) Toolkit describes best practices when writing a scientific paper to boost the impact of your published study. Discover chapter 6 here alongside previous chapters. This series of narratives is produced by the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit subgroup members based on topics from the ISN-ACT Clinical Trials Toolkit,...
The first ISN Global Trials Focus (GTF) Twitter Space took place on November 17, 2022. The interactive live audio discussion focused on the GTF project and the TESTING (Therapeutic Evaluation of Steroids in IgA Nephropathy Global) randomized clinical trial on oral methylprednisolone. Access the Twitter Space conversation here. The event generated much interest, with...
Watch the latest ISN video abstracts from the @ISNeducation Social Media Team on diagnosing acute kidney injury with urine neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin and treating infection-related glomerulonephritis with steroids. Watch the videos here The videos are based on papers from Kidney International and Kidney International Reports: Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin is Elevated in Children With Acute Kidney Injury and Sickle...
Course leaders, speakers and ISN staff prepare for an online interactive session as part of the new ISN course on qualitative research ISN has launched a new course on the ISN Academy, "Introduction to Qualitative Health Research." The course comprises six lectures and is available to all ISN members and Academy subscribers. It covers the purpose...
L'ISN est fière de s’associer à la Société Francophone de Néphrologie Dialyse et Transplantation (SFNDT) pour offrir de l’aide aux chercheurs francophones souhaitant postuler au « Clinical Research Program » en 2023. Les chercheurs éligibles peuvent soumettre leur proposition complète en français à crp@theisn.org pour recevoir de l'aide pour traduire leur proposition en anglais selon les normes...
Top: Sukanya Govindan, Deblina Dasgupta. Bottom: Lot Nehemie Phinehas Motoula Latou, Thanh Van Nguyen The ISN warmly congratulates the following researchers who received grants from the ISN Clinical Research Program to undertake vital research to advance kidney care in their communities. Sukanya Govindan (India) "Aminophylline for Preventing Acute Kidney Injury in Sick Neonates" Deblina Dasgupta (India) "AKD and CKD...
The paper "Kidney Function in Factory Workers Exposed to Heat Stress - a 2-year Follow-up Study" by Fabiana Nerbass has been published in the Journal of Occupational of Environmental Medicine. Read the article here. The research highlights the value of collaboration among investigators, organizations and communities. Fabiana Nerbass, from Fundação Pró-Rim in Joinville, Brazil, received the...
Five sessions on qualitative research methodologies, study design, data collection and analysis, and assessing and reporting qualitative studies are available exclusively to ISN members at the ISN Academy. Take the 'Introduction to Qualitative Health Research' course here, and register for the live session here. Once you've completed all five sessions of the course and claimed your certificate of...
The paper “Community Engagement in Kidney Research: Guatemalan Experience" by Angie Aguilar-González was recently published in BMC Nephrology. Read the article here. The research highlights the value of collaborative research between investigators, organizations and communities. Angie Aguilar-González, from FUNDANIER (Fundación para el Niño Enfermo Renal) in Guatemala City, Guatemala, received the 2018 'Hydration and Kidney Health...
Naoka Murakami, 2022 ISN-KI Early-Career Research Award winner, will present at two upcoming oncology-nephrology meetings. The Onco-Nephrology Symposium, 2022, will take place in hybrid format on September 30 in Boston, USA. The event offers up-to-date information and insights from national and international experts in this constantly evolving subspecialty. Join Naoka Murakami for 'Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors and...
Submit your abstract here before midnight, November 9, 2022. All accepted abstracts will be presented as posters at the congress – one of the world's largest kidney care events – and published in the WCN’23 supplement to Kidney International Reports. The WCN’22 abstract supplement was accessed over 120,000 times within the first six months of publication...
Connect with Fergus Caskey, Roberto Pecoits-Filho, Michael Walsh, Joel Topf, Manasi Bapat, and Swapnil Hiremath at the latest #NephTrials discussion on September 29, 2022, at 1 p.m. CEST. Why do we need more efficient clinical trials? What is a registry and why are registries useful? What is a registry-based randomized controlled trial, and how does...